Why it works: Pine and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 480 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓
Pine-apple Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Chop the pineapple very finely.
Add the juice of two lemons, four teacupfuls of sugar, and a half gallon of boiling water.
Finish and freeze
When cold, add the whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
Freeze until firm.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Pine + lemontop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together480 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lemon + teatop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together610 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Apple + lemontop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,551 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Apple + teatop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together150 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
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Pine + appletop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together98 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Pineapple (in the method)
- Provides the main fruit flavour and acidity, with pulp adding body to the ice.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the mixture and lowers its freezing point, keeping the ice softer.
- Lemons
- Add acidity that brightens the sweetness and sharpens the pineapple flavour.
- Eggs
- Whipped whites add air and a light, foamy texture to the frozen ice.
The step that matters
Adding the beaten egg whites. The mixture must be cold before the whites go in, because hot liquid would deflate the foam and make the ice heavy rather than light and airy.
Swap the apple
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pine, lemon, tea, sugar, egg):
- Orangefits better
- Vanillafits better
- Limefits better
- Applethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against pine, lemon, tea, sugar, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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